Games (soccer, volleyball, and football) that really mean something don’t begin until later in the month, but scrimmages and other pre-season games begin tomorrow with men’s soccer.

Some of you may have found your way here through the link on souraiders.com. I have had several people email me asking questions about buying prints, finding all of my photos for a certain sport, or how to obtain photos of their son or daughter.

The photos I post here are a small fraction of the photos I actually have. If you would like to print any of the photos on Ashland Daily Photo, you are welcome to do so at no charge. Be sure to click on the photo to get to the higher resolution size which will print with more quality. If you want to use them on the web (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), you are welcome to do so if you link back to traveljapanblog.com/ashland in the description of the photo. If you are using the photo in a newspaper or magazine, please credit “Al Case, Ashland Daily Photo”.

If you would like me to search through all of my photos and send you photos of the particular athlete you are looking for I charge a reasonable fee for the time it takes me to find all of those photos and to process them for you. I do not normally sell prints. I email you the high quality electronic files in .jpg format, and you can do the printing and framing yourself through a local or online service. If you’d like me to take more photos of your son or daughter, please contact me before the season begins.

My email is on this page or you can comment (leave a reply) to a recent blog entry to communicate.

One of the reasons I enjoy teaching in Copenhagen in the summer is the weather is better than Ashland (to me anyway, I prefer 70s to 90s). The air is crisp and clean in Copenhagen, and Ashland can frequently be smoky in the summer. This year I missed Ashland’s clean air summer season and returned just in time for the smoke.

Today’s photo comes from my return flight to Portland (PDX) from Iceland (KEF). This wasn’t anywhere near Ashland, and probably not that close to Portland. It could have been Idaho or Washington. However, visibility out of PDX was horrible so the smoke was very much in Portland.

In the three + days I’ve been home Ashland has been hot and smoky (although not as bad as it can become).

All ticket proceeds will go to the Childrens Advocacy Center of Jackson County.

The CAC is a place where children may come to share the story of their abuse in a child-focused environment. Medical assessments are also done for victims who need them and specialized therapy is available. The Family Support Team provides advocacy, additional services, and referrals for the needs of the families of the victims.